1. CIRCULATING IDEAS
CREATING A PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK
FOR LIBRARIANS
presented by steve thomas
september 2012

2. 1. THE ECHO CHAMBER

3. 2. “CIRCULATING IDEAS”

4. 3. PODCASTS

6. “Curiosity is one of the
permanent and certain
characteristics of a
vigorous intellect.”
– Samuel Johnson

8. What is a PLN?

9. PERSONAL

10. LEARNING

11. NETWORK

12. ORGANIZE

18. “You’ve got mail!”

19. “Knowing how to make use of online tools
without being overloaded with too much
information is, like it or not, an essential
ingredient to personal success in the 21st
century.”
– Howard Rheingold, Net Smart

21. Sarah Houghton Buffy J. Hamilton
www.librarianinblack.net theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com
R. David Lankes Michael Stephens
quartz.syr.edu/blog www.tametheweb.com
Sue Polanka In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
David Lee King Bobbi Newman
www.davidleeking.com www.librarianbyday.net
Meredith Farkas Andy Woodworth
meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com

23. RSS

25. REEDER ZITE
FLIPBOARD
INSTAPAPER
PULSE BYLINE

28. https://www.facebook.com/groups/librarymaker
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ALAthinkTANK
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Librarian-Bat-Signal

31. https://twitter.com/stevelibrarian/pln-starter
https://twitter.com/stevelibrarian/librarians

32. #hashtags

33. #NBCfail

34. #hcod

35. #Carterette
PROFESSIONAL #ala12
DEVELOPMENT #PLN
#libraries

36. #libchat
#edchat
CHATS
#readadv
#ewgc

38. tumblr.libraryjournal.com
schoollibraryjournal.tumblr.com

39. blog.usa.gov

40. undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com
lookslikelibraryscience.com

43. T is for Training
tisfortraining.wordpress.com
Adventures in Library Instruction
adlibinstruction.blogspot.com
Nerdy Librarians
www.nerdylibrarians.com
LiTTech
edreach.us/littech-show
Bibliotech
dquarium.com/bibliotech

44. PLN STARTER KIT
http://bit.ly/NCvZOX

45. “We already have a well-understood social role
for a critical thinking tutor: librarians.”
- Howard Rheingold, Net Smart

47. credits
• http://su2.info/gallery/photos/architecture/09140031_01.jpg
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/13888282@N02/2189837848
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/merry_meet/3467205013/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsmall/3747620215/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/fazen/17200747/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/3951143570/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishane/1083672992/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevenlaw/2700836107/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomadic_lass/5416543588/
• http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/125180
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2260959885/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakeandlindsay/5524669257/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/st_a_sh/493343628/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdscott50/7436006134/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggh01/5867170995/
• http://xkcd.com/354/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/intersectionconsulting/7537238368/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggh01/5867170995/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/verbeeldingskr8/3638834128/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/anniemole/85515856/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/kacey/7656331736/
• http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/141665
• http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=441748
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/3305732733/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/27282406@N03/4134661728/

48. CONTACT
STEVE THOMAS
@stevelibrarian
stevethomas@outlook.com
@circideas
circulatingideas.mail@gmail.com
www.circulatingideas.com